Woman fights $23K water bill: 'This is ridiculous'

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- It's a water bill so massive, Loretta Maddox said she doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"$23,063 and one cent," Maddox said. "I just got crazy. This can't be right. There must be something wrong."

The Georgia homeowner said she's had a few leaks around her house, but not one that leaked anywhere near the amount of water the DeKalb County bill claims she used: more than 1 million gallons in just the past month.

"My house would be floating down the road with all this water they're talking about," Maddox said.

Within hours of receiving the bill, she went to the county, demanding answers.

"I was getting kind of upset with it, because I couldn't get no answers. So I just walked out," Maddox said.